The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1887-02-10

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--DsFasAks Ntnal James Crawford, of
Bokxy Bayou, reports the kilIipa Of two snow
white deer near M plantstiDn ~ week. Thy
were fsll gfowa, AaA both doa. Mr.. E. Sds
CART has about completed his brick block, when
he will personally devote his attention 10 the
nursery business. Mr.. Shugart has "a years ex-
perience In this businsaa and will n intnre To-
sue tell our people whaths be. in stock.
-Crawfordville WokuRa Times Mr.. w. w.
Walker shipped another Car load of Sea Island
cotton this week TO the Madison Ginning Com
pany, Madison, Fla This il the third Car load
Mr. Walker has sent this season, making total
Of about % 1000 poundA Sea Island cos,on grows
to perfection in this county and always brings
erty county's most prominent citizens, was in
the village on Saturday last. Mr.. Sanb0rn owns
the famous Smith Hammock," very valuable
tract of land, on the OcklDckonee river, upon
which has recently been found large guam Titles
Of phosphates. We notice that much interest
is being manifested throughout the State relative
to tobacco growing. No better lands can be
found In the State for growing tobacco than the
rich hammocks of Wakulla- Before the war the
culture of tobacco was carried on quite extern
sively, and why not now? We would be glad
to see our farmers take hold OF the matter, as 1t
is certainly money crop"
-Titnsville Star We notice in the Orlando
Record of recent date q Communication written
from Rockledge on the 22d and signed Orlan-
doite." 1t is not necessary, neither have we the
space to spare to reprint IT, but to say that the
communication is an outrage on our railroad
men, our town and our river, does not do it just
ice. The writer says il took four hours to come
from Sanford to Titusville: he calls Titusville
a fishing village: calls the steamer Rockledge q
fve-mie-an hour boat, and said at Cocoa he saw
one white man, two darkeys and a dog on the
tn TON fhnv Wv
know these statements TO be false, but readers
elsewhere might be led to believe them. The
facts are these: The train runs from Sanford
to Titusvile in two hours distance of over 30
miles. Ttusville is not fishing villege and has
more stores and business than many places of
two or three times its size The steamer Rock
ledge makes 10 miles an hour very nicely, and
Cocoa is the leading place south Of Titusvlle
on Indian River. I" Orlandoite" is badly of He
needs the cobwebs brushed out of his eyes.
st. Augustine Weekly. At nine o'clock this
morning the drill was working in fint-like rock
at depth of eleven hundred and sixty feet
Since last report the flow of water has increased
considerably in volume, and the temperature
has risen to eighty degrees The drill is kept In
motion night and day, and until the present
stratum of ine-grained black rock has been passed
the progress must been necessarily slow. At
present the drill has penetrated the rock dis
lance of ten or twelve feet. The specimen of
rock exhibited within the last forty hours
sembles petrifacton anil may be polished like
marble. One of the boldest and most success
full robberies ever perpetrated in the State of
establishment of Ballard g. Collins in this city,
on Tuesday night, the particulars Of which are
briefly as follows The store was entered from
the rear, through window which had been Sc
curely fastened by closing heavy board shutter,
strongly barred on the outside and firmly bolted
and keyed within. How the spring-key, which
passed through the small end of the bolt, could
have been removed without aid from the inside
is mystery which may never be solved. After
removing the key it was an easy matter to open
the blind and raise the window, through which
the robbers entered and began their work upon
the small safe IN the corner near the window.
A half-inch hole was neatly drilled over the COM
bination, through which the bolt was sprung
and the door opened Nineteen watches, about
$500 worth of diamonds, few sets of solid gold
jewelry, one government bond, notes, insurance
papers and cash, altogether aggregatiHg about
$4,000, were taken.
Madison Recorder: The store of Mr.. Joseph
Reddng at Greenville was broken into about one
o'clock Monday night by three tramps who now
languish in jail charged with two offenses-
that OF an assault with attempt to murder be-
sides burglarizing the store. 1t seems that at
the time above specified Mr.. Redding, who
sleeps in a room adjoining his store, was
awakened by noise in the store and getting up,
pistol iu hand, he sought the front door. He
had just turned corner of the house when a
person jumped from behind a large tree on the
sidewalk who fired at him three times at dis
lance of 20 or 25 feet Although this attack
was a most unexpected one to Mr. r. he returned
the fire Immediately, and his antagonist re-
treated in the darkness, neither receiving any
wounds. The shots exchanged between Mr. r.
and the tramp attracted several citizens who
hearing his calls for assistance went in haste to
the store. Inside were two others one of whom
received painful wound in the hip in the melee
which followed in getting them out. The
wounding OF one of them caused the other to
call for quarter when they were securely tied, a
guard put over them and an inspection of the
surroundings instituted This showed that an
entrance had been gained by the heavy double
window shutters being cut from the hinges and
both sash being taken from their places by
means of tools found in possession of the tramp
who fired upon Mr.. Redding as he approached
The money drawer had been visited and a small
amount in change taken from its upper slide
that in the lower. amounting to $40 was moi
touched because as we are told they did no,
know of the two compartments. Soon after q
search was instituted for the fellow who escaped
and his capture was effected by Mr.. Redding al
the Ocllla river They were brought here on
Tuesday morning and after a preliminary hear.
ing lodged in Jail to await a trial in Circuit
Court